WHY BUILD XIANGLING?
Xiangling is one of the core characters any account should have access to, surpassing even 5⭐ characters' performance.
PROS
✔️ F2P and beginner friendly [OBTAINABLE FOR FREE AFTER CLEARING SPIRAL ABYSS FLOOR 3]
✔️ Con get her on the starglitter shop (constellations included)
✔️ One of her best 4⭐ weapon at R5 is free to get
✔️ Low field time
✔️ Insane damage potential
✔️ One of the best off-field DPS in the game
✔️ Lots of synergy with other easy-to-get 4⭐ characters
✔️ Easy to build
✔️ Easy to use
CONS
❌ High Energy Recharge requirement
❌ Her free weapon requires fishing
❌ Can be Bennett dependant
TALENT PRIORITY
1️⃣ BURST - HIGHEST PRIORITY [👑 WORTHY]
2️⃣ SKILL - MEDIUM PRIORITY
Her elemental burst is her bread and butter, level it up as high as you can.
Her normal attacks are not worth leveling since you won't be using them.
BEST ARTIFACT SETS
STAT PRIORITY
MAIN STATS
SANDS - ER / EM / ATK
GOBLET - PYRO DAMAGE
CIRCLET - CRIT RATE / CRIT DAMAGE
SUB STATS
1️⃣ ENERGY RECHARGE- HIGHEST PRIORITY Between 220% and 280% depending on team composition and Bennett using his elemental skill twice.
2️⃣CRIT RATE / CRIT DAMAGE - HIGH PRIORITY Improves her damage, try to follow a 1:2 ratio.
3️⃣ Elemental mastery / ATK % - MEDIUM PRIORITY Improves her damage, only go for EM in reaction based compositions.
As a rule of thumb, use EM / ATK sands if you are equipping a weapon with Energy Recharge. However, keep in mind that you MUST be able to burst with Xiangling on every rotation, so if your Elemental Burst isn't ready when you need it, you might need more ER.
CONSTELLATION STOPPING POINTS
C1 - NICE TO HAVE
C4 - HIGHEST PRIORITY - This and C3 improve her Elemental Burst even further beyond.
C6 - NICE TO HAVE - Try to use her skill after bursting so it benefits from the damage bonus.
BASIC USAGE
Always use your Pyronado while inside Bennett's burst's circle. This will make the Pyronado snapshot the ATK buff and let you keep it for the entire duration of Pyronado even if you get out of the circle.
If you are struggling to meet the energy requirement for Pyronado, you can use Bennett's skill and immediatelly swap to Xiangling to catch the resulting pyro particles. This is called funneling.
